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Mobile VHF Transceiver
Mobile UHF Transceiver
Portable HF/VHF Receiver

General

HAM bands 2m  70cm  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 5 / 8.33 / 10 / 12.5 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 50 kHz ? Continuous

Receiver

RX-range 118-174 MHz 400-470 MHz 0.53-30 / 88-108 MHz
Modulations AM   FM   N-FM   FM   AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity Less than -16 dBu (12 dB SINAD) 0.16 µV (12 dB SINAD) AM (A3) 1,3 - 2 μV
SSB 0,3 - 0,6 μV
Selectivity FM: 12 kHz or more (-6 dB), 28 kHz or less (-60 dB)
N-FM: 6 kHz or more (-6 dB), 16 kHz or less (-60 dB)
>12 kHz (-6 dB), <28 kHz (-60 dB) 3,1/7,8 kHz, 4,8/xx kHz (WA) resp. 4,5 kHz/ 9 kHz (W) (-6/-46 dB)
Filters ? ? -
Receiver system ? ? Double conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? AM: 19,055 MHz / 455 kHz
FM: 10,7 MHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range 144-146 MHz 430-440 MHz (General)
438-450 MHz (USA & Canada)
-
Modulations FM   N-FM   FM   -
RF-output High: 50 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W High: 35 W, Medium: 10 W, Low: 5 W ?

Connections

Antenna SO-239 N-type Clamps / screws + Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC +/- 15% 13.8V DC +/- 15% Mains or 6 × LR20/UM-1
Current RX 400 mA (squelched) Max 600 mA ?
TX Max 11 A Max 10 A -

Physical

Manufactured Between 2000 and 200x Between 199x and 199x Between 1980 and 1983 in Japan
Dimensions 142 × 40 × 174 mm
(5.59 × 1.57 × 6.85 in)
140 × 40 × 160 mm
(5.51 × 1.57 × 6.30 in)
457 × 190 × 235 mm
(17.99 × 7.48 × 9.25 in)
Weight 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 1,000 gr (2.2 lbs) 5.44 kg (12.0 lbs)
Form factor Mobile Mobile Portable

Other features

Memories 100 channels in 1 bank(s) 61 channels in 1 bank(s) None
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features CTCSS, DCS. GPS input for APRS. 1200/9600 bd packet (EJ-41U) and 10F3 digital voice board (EJ-47U) option (requires at least two similarly equipped radios) ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ALINCO-DR-000135E-MKII KENWOOD-TM-000461A SONY-ICF-006800W